Health
Sensa Update from Ruth
I have completed two months on Sensa and it feels a whole lot like nothing. According to my Wii fit, I’ve lost another couple of pounds. The problem with really slow systems is that you don’t get the consistent reinforcement of significant weight loss, so you begin to wonder if it works at… »
Mommy Minute: Plus Size Pregnancy Clip
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I am skipping the experience of pregnancy in this lifetime, but since I know plenty of my readers are moms who have had C-sections and who have not, I wanted to invite you to comment in this video. Please remember that there is a comment posting delay since I have to log-in to see comments… »
Sensa continued: Anecdotal evidence
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The problem with early success with any weight-loss gizmo is that it’s hard to know where to give credit when things are going right. For example, I’ve lost a few pounds recently, what really caused it?
1. Working out more frequently and for a longer duration
2. Giving up sugar.
3. Having two bouts of the flu within… »
Experiments in Sensa
Note from Di:
As most of you know, I typically avoid diet posts, focusing instead on exercise/general health information or just adding delicious bookmarks and letting you decide for yourselves what you need to know. I also do not and will not allow diet advertisers on any part of Fat Chic – if you see any,… »
Exercise Modifications for the Plus
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I always get to an awkward point in yoga classes, and even in bellydance, when my body just won’t do something that everybody else’s will do. Some of these motions are things that I just have to work for – stretching my hamstring by grabbing my ankle behind me will happen but it will take… »
Social Network Obesity Theory Completely Debunked
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In case you missed it, the social networking theory that obesity can be spread just by knowing and being friends with obese people has been thoroughly debunked.
In the ever well-done Junkfood Science blog, Sandy Szwarc said “A social networking theory of contagious chin dimples might have been understood as implausible, but not so… »
Downtown Journal : stories
Work out at workBy Michelle BruchStaffing firm Salo keeps employees movingIf your working life is spent in front of a computer screen, you can hardly be blamed for gaining a few extra pounds over the course of your career.Dr. James Levine, an endocrinologist based at the Mayo Clinic, points to sitting as an important culprit… »
The Internet: It Makes You Fat?
This study linking weight gain to sleep deprivation, excess alcohol and too much time on the Internet rang a bell for me, because it pretty much described my entire lifestyle in college. Basically, I double depressed my immune system and spent a lot of time sitting around at the computer – I was definitely more… »
June 23 Obligatory Health Links
Quit Nagging Kids to Diet and Maybe They’ll Lose Weight
Obesity May Increase Knee Arthritis in Men but NOT in Women
If you went to the obvious misogynist joke on this, consider yourself smacked.
Accuracy of Mammography Varies
Obese Teenagers More Likely to Die in Middle Age – at least, in Norway
This study looks pretty valid, but I don’t… »
5-30-2008 Obligatory Health Links
For these, I’m leaving it to you lovely readers to analyze the articles and look at the studies for yourselves. Obesity so far is not looking like the death sentence it’s made out to be, even as the insistence that it is gets repeated. Take responsibility for your health, not responsibility for what someone who… »